Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
TECUMSEH
I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
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We gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets, and a grave.
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and the oppression of the White Man, as snow before a summer sun.
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Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Didn’t the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
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My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.
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Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
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